Blue Cheer followed up Highlights and Lowlives with the much heavier Dining with the Sharks . Duck MacDonald was replaced by German ex-Monsters guitar player Dieter Saller in 1990. Also featured is a special guest appearance by Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee . The album was co-produced by Roland Hofmann and…
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In the late 1990s, Blue Öyster Cult secured a recording contract with CMC Records (later purchased by Sanctuary Records ), and continued to tour frequently. Two studio albums were released, Heaven Forbid (1998) and Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001). Both albums featured songs co-written by cyberpunk/horror novelist John Shirley…
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In the early 1990s, Peterson and Whaley re-located to Germany. In 1992, Peterson recorded his first solo album, Child of the Darkness , in Cologne with a band named “The Scrap Yard”. The album appeared five years later in Japan on Captain Trip Records . After Peterson came back to…
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The band toured North America from December 1989 to March 1990
On September 5, 1989, the band released its debut major-label album, Louder Than Love
After this, Brann and Dorman decided to continue on, bringing in Rhino, keyboardist Derek Hilland and drummer Sal Rodriguez (replaced by Kenny Suarez). They were joined by singer/frontman Steve “Mick” Feldman and backup singers JoAnne Kurman-Montana and Cecelia Noel also appeared with the band for a few shows in 1989,…
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a tour in Europe which began in May of that year—the band’s first overseas tour.
25×5 aired on the BBC in late 1989
Soundgarden promoted Ultramega OK on a tour in the United States in the spring of 1989
In early 1989, the Stones – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ronnie Wood, Brian Jones, Mick Taylor, and Ian Stewart – were inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , with Jagger, Richards, Wood and Taylor in attendance.